Hi All— I only band a few sapsuckers here in Northfield every year. On Wednesday I caught a female with a few crimson feathers in her white throat. Although I have never seen this before in a female sapsucker, Pyle’s Identification guide assures me that female Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers do occasionally sport a few red throat feathers.
A photo and a link to the Pyle guide are in today’s blog: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota daner...@gmail.com http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....”—H. D. Thoreau ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html